Designs for Rapid In Situ Sealing

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• Personal Author:
  Sapko, Michael J. ; Stephan CR ; Trackemas J ; Weiss, Eric S.
• Description:
  The NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL), in collaboration with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the mining industry, and seal manufacturers, conducted a series of full- scale experiments within PRL's Experimental Mine and at Lake Lynn Laboratory. The purpose of the experiments was to evaluate the explosion-resistant characteristics of several new seal designs for rapid deployment during mine emergencies. These seals can be deployed in less than 12 hr and are capable of withstanding explosion overpressures in excess of 140 kPa (20 psi). These novel seal designs use available mine materials, do no require conventional rib hitching and, more importantly, can substantially reduce exposure time for coal miners during sealing and mine recovery operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Diagnosis Minerals Mining Occupational Health Pathology Radiation Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Disaster-prevention Explosion-protection Explosions Injuries Mine-disasters Mine-fires Mine-seals Miners Mining-industry Safety-measures Safety-research Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  85-92
• Volume:
  316
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028831
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2004 Jan; 316:85-92
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:543e7f61741ee7c82f5ec1940edc5db4423cd472c1b82d0fb6d6d800a571c574dcaf4b8b6eabaf210cb7ee73e8dfc4125cf222e5b36ab5df97aca450e541409e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221119/cdc_221119_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.37 MB ]